Playing-cards.



R. O. HARRISON.

PLAYING CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE I, 1914.

1 ,1 9 1 ,41 9 I I Patented July 18,

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REUBEN 0. HARRISON, OF DORAN, MINNESOTA PLAYING-CARDS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,186. V

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Be it known that I, REUBEN O. HARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Down, in the county of Wilkin, State .of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Playing-Cards; and

full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta'ins to make and use the same. 7 This invention relates to playing cards. The abject of the invention resides in the provision of a pack of cards with which'two novel and amusing games may'be played."

A further object of the invention is the application to the cards of letters and numbers arranged in series and adapted to be divided into seven series. These series have assembled in a prescribed sequential relation to effect the termination of the ame.

In the accompan ing drawings:--- 1 re 1 is 9. Ian view i ustrating a card rom each ser1es of the pack;-Fig. 2, is a plan view ofa group of cards constitutiu what is- -known as a live spread in p aying the game of Imute; Fig. 3, a plan view of a group of cards constituting what is known as-a dead spread playing the game of Imute, and Fig. 4,.a plan view showing the winning han Goodnight.

The pack is composed of fifty four cards applied thereto respectivelylat opposite ends the letters G, O, D, N, I, T as indicated in Fig. 1 at 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15 8,116.15, .while corresponding letters are applied to the face of the cards. of each series as at 16. The series to which the letter G is applied comprises twelve cards numbered from one to twelve inclusive, likewise the series.

to which' theletter O is applied comprises twelve cards numbered from one to twelve inclusive. The remaining series comprise six cards each numbered from one to'slx' incluith a pack of cards so constructed two games may be played, one, game being called Goodnight and using only the letters on the cards, while the other game is called Imute (Im out) and makes use of both the letters and numbers appearing on the cards. I

In pla ing the game Goodnight it is preferab e to have six players and when this number of participants are present in the in playing the game of game the dealer shuflles the cards and deals Patented July 18, 1916.

one card to each player until the entire pack 7 i is exhausted, in other words each player will hold nine cards which is sufiicient to form the word goodnight, the object of the game of course beingto get the cards hearing the letters which, when properly arranged, spell the word' goodnight.

The play is started by the dealer who discards any three cards out of his hand. The

- player tohis left then picks up these three cards and discards three from his hand. This method of play is continued untilsomeone holds the, cards upon which the letters when properly arranged will spell the word goodnight which wins the game. If less than six players are resent a sequential hand must be discarded or each person less than six. If desirable the three cards bear-" ing the letters G, H and T of one of the discarded hands may be left in'the pack and when each player has received nlne cards the three remaining cards are dealt face down in the center of the table andthe players draw these and discard as before. Again, if preferred, the players may exchange four cards, three cards, etc., and this exchange of cards may be indulged in by the players at one time;

In playing the game of seven players may be present.

Imute three to The cards are shuflled and five cards are dealt to each player one card at a time and one card is laced face u on the center of the table. he balance of the pack is placed beside this last named card face down. The card lying face up on the table is called the discard pile, .while cards'face down on the table constitute the Imute pile. The game is won when a player has disposed of all his cards- The player to the left of the dealer starts the game by drawing. a card from either the discard or Imute piles. Such layer can then dispose of his cards as fol ows: He can make a live spread of any three cards provided they bear the same letters and are numbered consecutively and such spread can be played on later. An

example of such live spread is shown in' Fig. 2. Such player can also make a dead spread (Fig; 3) of any three cards bearing the same number regardless of the letter thereon and this type of spread cannot be played upon at asubsequent time. A live spread can be layed upon until it reaches the highest num er of the series.

' the play proceeds as before; As soon as a player has gotten rid of all the cards in his hand the game iswon.

What is claimed is A pack of cards comprising a plurality of series, the cards of each series bearing the same letter in each corner and being numbered in each corner consecutively, the cards of each 'SQIlS also being delineated transversely to divide same into three spaces and bearing in the outer spaces the letter appearing in the corner and in the central space the number appearing in the corner, the letters on the cards of respective series being different and selected so that when the cards of the difierent series are'properly arranged a predetermined Word will be spelled.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses;

REUBEN 0. HARRISON. Witnesses I S. H. DAVIS, O. W. DAVIS. 

